''Pseudacraea'' is an
Afrotropical
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butterfly
genus
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in the subfamily
Limenitidinae
The Limenitidinae are a subfamily of butterflies that includes the admirals and relatives. The common names of many species and genera reference military ranks or – namely the Adoliadini – titles of nobility (e.g., count, duke, earl, an ...
. Their placement in the
tribe
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Limenitidini
Limenitidini is a tribe of brush-footed butterflies of the subfamily Limenitidinae.
Genera
In alphabetical order: – sisters
* '' Athyma'' Westwood, 850/small> – sergeants
* ''Auzakia'' Moore, 898/small>
* '' Cymothoe'' Hübner, 819/small> ...
remains to be verified.
Some of these species are
mimics of
Acraeinae and the present genus is thus known as false acraeas.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
"''Pseudacraea'' Westwood, [1850]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
*''Pseudacraea acholica">850]"">"''Pseudacraea'' Westwood, [1850]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
*''Pseudacraea acholica'' Riley, 1932
*''Pseudacraea annakae'' Knoop, 1988
*''Pseudacraea boisduvali'' (Doubleday, 1845)
*''Pseudacraea clarki'' Butler, 1892
*''Pseudacraea deludens'' Neave, 1912
*'' Pseudacraea dolomena'' (Hewitson, 1865)
*''Pseudacraea eurytus
''Pseudacraea eurytus'', the false wanderer, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Africa.
Description
The numerous forms of this group dolomena'' and ''Pseudacraea rubrobasalis">rubrobasalis''may be known at once by the l ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
*'' Pseudacraea fulvaria'' Butler, 1876
*''Pseudacraea hostilia
''Pseudacraea hostilia'', the western incipient false acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and western and central Ghana. The habitat consists of wetter forests.
Description
''Up ...
'' (Drury, 1782)
*'' Pseudacraea imerina'' (Hewitson, 865
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Events
By place Europe
* King Louis the German divides the East Frankish Kingdom among his three sons. Carloman receives Bavaria (with more l ...
*'' Pseudacraea kuenowi'' Dewitz, 1879
*'' Pseudacraea lucretia'' (Cramer, 1775)
*''Pseudacraea peyrierasi
''Pseudacraea peyrierasi'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral ...
'' Collins, 1991
*'' Pseudacraea poggei'' (Dewitz, 1879)
*'' Pseudacraea rubrobasalis'' Aurivillius, 1903
*'' Pseudacraea ruhama'' Hewitson, 1873
*'' Pseudacraea ruwenzorica'' Grünberg, 1912
*'' Pseudacraea semire'' (Cramer, 779
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*'' Pseudacraea simulator'' Grose-Smith, 1873
*'' Pseudacraea striata'' Butler, 1876
*'' Pseudacraea theorini'' Aurivillius, 1891
*'' Pseudacraea victoris'' Eltringham, 1929
*''Pseudacraea warburgi
''Pseudacraea warburgi'', the incipient false acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of th ...
'' Aurivillius, 1892
References
*Ackery PR, Smith CR, and Vane-Wright RI eds. 1995. '' Carcasson's African Butterflies''. Canberra: CSIRO.
*Larsen, T. B. 2005 ''Butterflies of West Africa''. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books.
*Lees DC, Kremen C, and Raharitsimba T. 2003. "Classification, diversity and endemism of the butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): a revised species checklist". In: Goodman SM and Benstead JP, eds. ''The Natural History of Madagascar''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 762–793.
External links
TOLSeitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 46
Limenitidinae
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by John O. Westwood
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